Fountain for watering stock



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A. FRIBDRIGK.

FOUNTAIN FOR WATERING STOCK.

No. 428,838. Patented May 27, 1890.A

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALPHONSE EEIEDRIOK, OE BALDWIN, NEW YORK.-

FOUNTAIN FOR WATERING STOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,838, dated May 27. 1890.

Application iiled June 12, 1889. Serial No. 313,994. (No model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHONSE FRIEDEIOK, of Baldwin, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fountain for Watering Stock, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The Object of the invention is to provide a new and .improved fountain which is specially adapted for watering poultry, and which is Very simple and durable in construction, keeping the water cool and fresh in the summer and preventing it from freezing in the Winter.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the reservoir and the main pipe. Fig. 3 is a like View of oneI of the cups, and Fig.- 4L is a sectional elevation of a modified form of the cup.

The poultry-yard A is provided with a number of partitions B, which divide the yard into several compartments C, in which are placed different kinds of poultry in the usual manner.

III the ground D under the several cornpartments C is placed a main pipe E, held in an inclined position and provided atits highest end with an upwardly-extending pipe F, supporting the reservoir G, containing an amount of water sufficient to water all the poultry in the yard A.

In the bottom of the reservoir G is held a small drip-pipe H, which extends into the pipe F, the lowerropening of the pipe H being very small or regulated with a faucet, so that the water from the reservoir G drips slowly into the pipe F. The opening in the pipe H is left of such size as to feed water to the main pipe E from the reservoir G in the quantity required. The lower end of the Inain pipe E is closed by a faucet or a cap I, and can be left dripping when regulated by supply-tank G to keep water pure and keep it from freezing' in winter.

In the main pipel are secured a number of branch pipes J, which extend upward into the compartments C, there being one branch pipe for each compartment. On the upper end of each branch pipeJ Ais held a cup K, located near the respective partition b of the compartment. 'lhe cup K preferably extends aboveground, so that the poultry can conveniently drink out of the cup, which is always supplied with water from the water dripping into the main pipe E. The tops of the oups K are of such level with the lower endof the pipe H that all the water passing into the pipe F and into the main pipe E fills the cups K continually. Above each cup K is held a slightly-inclined board L, secured to the respective partition B, and serving to prevent the poultry from stepping into the cup.

In order to prevent water from bubbling over one of the cups K and dowing into the respective compartment, I may surround the cup K and part of the branch pipe J with a box or short pipe N, as is plainly shown in Fig. 4. The diameter of the box N is somewhat greater than the diameter of the cup K, so that water-'bubbling over the cup K flows into the pipe N and passes to the ground below its surface, thus preventing the top surface of the ground from being saturated all through the compartments C.

Vhen the operator desires to 'clean the main pipe E, the branch pipes J, and the cups K, he merely opens the cap I at the lower end of the main pipe E, so that all the Water in the main pipe E, the branch pipes, and the cup K flows out of the lower en'd of the main pipe E, preferably into a reservoir O, set below the lower end of the main pipe E, as shown in Fig. l. The water thus passing from the several parts out of the main pipe carries along all sediment and dirt which has collected in the several parts. Vhen the pipe and its connections have been cleaned, the cap I is again secured to the end of the pipe E. rlhe reservoir G is of such size as to keep the cups K filled continually during one day, or such time as provided for.

It will be seen that as the main pipe E and IOO the branch pipes J :1re locnted underground the wetter passing through the said pipes is keptcool and fresh during,r the summer :tnd is prevented from' mezing in Winter. It Will further be seen that by ihis Very simple means :t constant supply of cool fresh witter is furnished to the poultry in the Several coinpartments, Considerable labor is sevethes only the reservoir G has to be filled onec at doy, it not being necessary for the operator to step into the several compartments to supply the poultry with water, :is heretofore praeticed.

It will be understood that :my desired number ot' etmpzntments can be connected with the pipe E in the man ner shown und described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I chum :1S new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In :L fountain for e poultry-ym'd, the combinntion, with ny reservoir provided with :t

drippipe, oi a main pipe laid undm'ground in :tn inclined position and into which discharges suid drippipe, branch pipes extendingr vertically from the sztid main pipe, and cups held aboveground on the outer ends of the said branch pipes, substantiellyns shown mid described.

f2. In n fountain for a poultry-yard, the combination, with n reservoir provided with a drip-pipe, ofzt mztin pipe laid underground in an inclined position mid into which discharges seid drip-pipe, brunch pipes extendingI vertically from the said nntin pipe, :nld cups held aboveground on the outer ends ol' the smid brztneh pipes, :ind :t drip-pipe surrounding' the said eups, substantially :is shown :ind described.

ALPHONSE FRIEDRICH Iitnessesz THEO. G. lIos'rER, EDGAR TME. 

